Hattons Grace Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Winter Festival)

Preview the Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse's Winter Festival. Explore past winners, top trainers, leading jockeys, and winning trends of this prestigious Grade 1 hurdle race. Discover key insights for this highlight of the Irish National Hunt season.
Hattons Grace Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Winter Festival)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Hattons Grace Hurdle Preview

The Grade 1 Hatton's Grace Hurdle is the feature of the two-day Winter Festival at Fairyhouse which takes place in either late November or early December each year and is run on Sunday.

The race is run over a distance of two miles and four furlongs where the runners face a total of twelve hurdles. The race is named in honour of the Vincent O'Brien triple-winning champion hurdler, Hatton's Grace.

Hattons Grace Hurdle Information:

We also have a dedicated Fairyhouse tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Fairyhouse Racecourse section for links to these.

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How competitive is the Hattons Grace Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2006 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Hattons Grace Hurdle, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Hattons Grace Hurdle Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Hattons Grace Hurdle Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Hattons Grace Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Apples Jade (4:49.50) in 2018
  2. Honeysuckle (4:50.10) in 2021
  3. Jezki (4:50.50) in 2013

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Hattons Grace Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 13 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +7.67. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Hattons Grace Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2020 renewal when Honeysuckle from Henry De Bromhead under the guidance of Rachael Blackmore, won in a time of 5:24.60, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Apples Jade, trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Jack Kennedy set the quickest time of 4:49.50 in the 2018 renewal.

What the expert says...
Gordon Elliott has a good record in this race, from eighteen runners he has produced five winners which have all come in the last nine renewals.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Hattons Grace Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Hattons Grace Hurdle past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Hattons Grace Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
5:02.40
Lossiemouth (FR)
5yo 11-3 4/7F
Paul Townend
W P Mullins (IRE)
2023
5:21.50
Teahupoo (FR)
6yo 11-12 85/40
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2022
5:10.90
Teahupoo (FR)
5yo 11-10 20/1
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2021
4:50.10
Honeysuckle (GB)
7yo 11-5 2/5F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2020
5:24.60
Honeysuckle (GB)
6yo 11-5 4/11F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2019
5:08.60
Honeysuckle (GB)
5yo 11-3 9/10F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2018
4:49.50
Apples Jade (FR)
6yo 11-3 4/6F
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2017
5:07.20
Apples Jade (FR)
5yo 11-3 1/1F
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2016
4:57.80
Apples Jade (FR)
4yo 10-13 4/1
B J Cooper
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2015
5:11.40
Arctic Fire (GER)
6yo 11-10 4/5F
R Walsh
W P Mullins (IRE)

Hattons Grace Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Hattons Grace Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Gordon Elliott who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Apples Jade (2016, 2017 & 2018) and Teahupoo (2022 & 2023). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Hattons Grace Hurdle are W P Mullins (4 wins), Henry De Bromhead (3 wins) and C A Murphy (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Hattons Grace Hurdle trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Gordon Elliott18-5-6+14.80+7.91
W P Mullins36-4-12-26.13-18.73
Henry De Bromhead4-3-4+0.66+0.57
C A Murphy6-2-4+1.08+1.08
Noel Meade12-1-3-9.00-7.05
Mrs John Harrington9-1-3-7.33-5.50
E J O'Grady5-1-1-2.25-1.95
Thomas Mullins3-1-1+3.50+1.44
Joseph Patrick O'Brien3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Matthew J Smith2-0-2-2.00+2.58

Hattons Grace Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Hattons Grace Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Jack Kennedy who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Apples Jade (2017 & 2018) and Teahupoo (2022 & 2023). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Hattons Grace Hurdle are Rachael Blackmore (3 wins) and Paul Townend (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Hattons Grace Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Jack Kennedy7-4-4+20.80+11.36
Rachael Blackmore5-3-4-0.34-0.43
Paul Townend13-2-6-7.68-4.87
Danny Mullins5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Mr P W Mullins5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Keith Donoghue4-0-2-4.00+1.58
Sean Flanagan4-0-0-4.00-4.00
Mark Walsh3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Jordan Gainford2-0-0-2.00-1.00
Sam Ewing1-0-0-1.00+0.00

Hattons Grace Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +11.36 is when runners ran in a Jumps (Hurdle) race on debut.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career starts with the jockey, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-26.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Hattons Grace Hurdle is Navan, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Navan last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Punchestown, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Punchestown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 11 winners from a total of 104 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 9 winners from a total of 26 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Hattons Grace Hurdle:

  • Saddler Maker (3 Wins)
  • Sulamani (3 Wins)
  • Masked Marvel (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Hattons Grace Hurdle, that stallion is Beneficial who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Teahupoo in 2022, winning for Gordon Elliott at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Jack Kennedy. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 11 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Hattons Grace Hurdle Preview are at hand, Andy and James. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.

James Banting

James Banting

Tipster Competition Assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing analyst with over 15 years of experience, delves into the intricacies of international horse racing, meticulously analyzing complex statistical data to uncover hidden trends. He spearheads the creation and management of OLBG's international horse racing trend blogs, providing valuable insights for bettors worldwide.

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